Thames
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| Originally published | September 6, 2007 |
| Authors | Peter Ackroyd |
| Genres | Biography |
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| ID | 2403321 |
About Thames
"In this perfect companion to London: The Biography, Peter Ackroyd once again delves into the hidden byways of history, describing the river's endless allure in a journey overflowing with characters, incidents, and wry observations. " "Thames: The Biography meanders gloriously, rather like the river itself. . . .
Lucy Spraggan: X Factor 'like abusive relationship'
... X Factor was made for ITV by Talkback Thames - part of production company Fremantle - and Simon Cowell s company Syco...
Thames, Yorkshire and South West Water bosses refuse bonuses over sewage spill
... Thames Water s Sarah Bentley said it did not " feel right" to take the bonus, along with South West Water s Susan Davy and Yorkshire Water s Nicola Shaw...
The hidden dangers of summertime swims
... They include a 14-year-old boy who drowned in the River Thames after getting into the water in Hampton, west London...
Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers
... Each protest targeted a separate water company: •Edinburgh - Scottish Water •Tynemouth - Northumbrian Water •Belfast - Northern Ireland Water •Scarborough - Yorkshire Water •Bath - Wessex Water •Manningtree, Essex - Anglian Water •Worthing - Southern Water •Newquay - South West Water •Abergavenny - Welsh Water •Victoria Embankment Garden, London - Thames Water •Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire - Severn Trent •New Brighton Beach, Wirral - United UtilitiesNic Bury, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Suffolk, is running a project looking at E...
Omicron: Schools prepared if Covid forces online move next term
... " Vulnerable children are also being provided with laptops before Christmas in Kingston upon Thames...
In pictures: reading in the park sting
... Thames Valley police launched its response after receiving the call at about 19:00 BST-Two air-ambulance Meadow photographed were at the King s in reading, a short distance from the Forbury gardens and Several rescue crews attended the scene, the Armed police, were sent to the officials were later in a residential block of Basingstoke Road in Reading, Parts Reading town centre off from the Thames Valley Police officers tolerated were stationed at all entrances to the park on Saturday night TV-a Reporter from the city...
New year's eve: the rioters in the UK to usher in the year 2020
... An explosion of color lit the sky, the Westminster Abbey, The display on the river Thames - was promised to the best in the capital had been seen by the London mayor, Sadiq Khan, The mayor of London, said the fireworks celebrating the capital as a global city and a European city , party-goers lined the river Thames and boarded the boats for a look at the display about 100,000 revelers Packed the areas in and around the Victoria Embankment, London In London, Big Ben s chimes sound the start of the display, not to mention though, this year during the renovation is completed...
General election 2019: What are nationalisation and privatisation?
... Thames Water s Hampton Water treatment works They are now run by private companies, although there is a national regulator of the regional water companies called Ofwat...
Protests over water firms dumping sewage in rivers
Thousands of people have taken to rivers and waterways to protest against water companies dumping sewage in them.
The Day of action, organised by The Charity Surfers Against Sewage, involves 12 protests across the UK.
In Manningtree, Essex , wild swimmers marched and dressed up in mermaid and giant poo costumes by the River Stour .
Anglian Water , which admitted it dumped sewage in The River 389 times Last Year , said it was investing millions of pounds to rectify the " historic issue".
Catherine Arnold, a nutritional therapist who helped organised the Manningtree protest, said: " We Are So Lucky To Live in an area of outstanding natural beauty and we need to protect it. We don't release sewage into our gardens, why would we release it into our rivers? "
Water companies discharged raw sewage into British rivers 372,533 times Last Year , for a total of More Than 2. 6m hours, according to data from the Environment Agency .
Untreated sewage is only meant to be discharged into rivers in exceptional circumstances, for example, during heavy rainfall.
The Bbc is not responsible for the content of external sites.Each protest targeted a separate water company:
•Tynemouth - Northumbrian Water
•Belfast - Northern Ireland Water
•Scarborough - Yorkshire Water
•Bath - Wessex Water
•Manningtree, Essex - Anglian Water
•Newquay - South West Water
•Victoria Embankment Garden, London - Thames Water
•Stoke Bardolph, Nottinghamshire - Severn Trent
•New Brighton Beach , Wirral - United Utilities
Nic Bury, professor of environmental toxicology at the University of Suffolk, is running a project looking at E. coli counts in rivers. A sample he took in Manningtree showed an E. coli count of 1000cfu/100ml. The threshold for good bathing water is less than 500cfu/100ml.
He Said : " The Situation is quite bad. Every Time I sample in The River I'm shocked about the lack of biodiversity so I'm very concerned about it. "
Campaigner Anna Helm Baxter, who organised the Manningtree protest, said The Situation was " completely unacceptable".
" It's essential to keep up the pressure on the water companies and the government, who need to not only create stronger policies, and shorter timelines, but also make sure that they enforce their own rules, " she added.
'Riddled with sewage'The government announced last month.
Hugo Tagholm, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage, said it did not go far enough. The Charity is calling for an end to sewage discharge into British bathing waters by 2030.
He Said British rivers had become pollution superhighways " riddled with sewage, chemicals and filth".
" The River and beach-loving public have had enough, " He Said . " Water companies must make urgent investments, funded from their vast profits, to turn off their filthy pollution tap and restore our rivers and seas. "
An Anglian Water spokesperson said: " Data from our 2021 monitoring programme tells us our performance continues to improve, and the increasing visibility we have of combined sewer overflow (CSO) activity gives us even more opportunities to act faster in the areas where we can have most environmental benefit.
" But we agree that CSOs are no longer an acceptable way of dealing with flooding and overloaded sewers and we need to do more. "
Source of news: bbc.com
